Solomon Bilikiki drawn into Group C

SIFF-Sporting Pulse

HONIARA, 5 Sept 2006: Solomon Islands Beach Soccer team has been drawn into Group C, together with Portugal, Uruguay and an African country for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Brazil in November.

The draw has pitted Solomon Islands against two of the best soccer playing nations in the World however this will not intimidate the boys from the pacific who will participate in the world stage for the first time.

World cup soccer had produced many upsets in the past and history can repeat itself again in this upcoming competition scheduled to take place at Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro-Brazil between 2 and 12 November 2006.

SIFF President Martin Alufurai is confident Solomon Islands can cause upset in the World Competition and will do all he can in his capacity to ensure the team gets a descent preparation before the competition kicks off in November.

He says he had told SIFF General Secretary Eddie Ngava and Small Sided Games development officer Eddie Omokirio before they departed for the futsal/beach soccer seminar at Papeete that a new code is born in Solomon Islands referring to beach soccer and has taken a giant leap in its introductory stage to become the first to compete in FIFA World event.

Bilikiki dances to Brazil

By MOFFAT MAMU (Star Sports)
THE Solomon Islands Bilikiki Beach soccer team had created history to become the first Pacific Island country to qualify for a FIFA World Championship in Brazil after it defeated Vanuatu 6-2 in the finals in Tahiti.
This means the beach boys have booked themselves a ticket to represent the Oceania region in Rio later this year.
It might have been a new code of soccer being introduced into the country but the turnover effect of the talent that Solomon Islands possessed was evident at the Tahiti qualifier. Read More